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Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb
Legislative Column from Assembly Minority Leader Brian M. Kolb (R,C,I,Ref-Canandaigua)
The ingenuity and perseverance of the American workforce has been changing the world since the Industrial Revolution, and on the first Monday of every September, we take time to celebrate Labor Day. [...]

The New York State Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) announced the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Public Employees’ Fair Employment Act, commonly known as the Taylor Law, with the issuance of a citation by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. To view the citation, click here.
Additionally, PERB today announced a new two-day con [...]

Students Must Apply Before
September 12, 2017
Fall Application Deadline
More than 1,600 Participants Since Launch of Student Intern Program
The New York State Department of Civil Service today announced the availability of more than 500 new student internships for the upcoming Fall Semester throughout New York State government and encourage [...]

Seneca Falls, N.Y. – Generations Bank announces the hire of Amy Favata as Assistant Vice President – Controller. She will work out of the bank’s corporate headquarters in Seneca Falls and oversee the accounting department.
Favata brings more than 16 years of financial experience to the role. She is a graduate of State University of New [...]

GENEVA — Following an intensive search, the Smith Center for the Arts has named Susan Monagan, Audience Services Supervisor in the Department of Theatre Arts at Ithaca College, as its Executive Director, beginning September 2017.
“All of us on the Search Committee viewed this appointment as a prime chance to launch T [...]

MRB Group President Ryan Colvin announced that Harrison Schutzer has joined the engineering and architecture firm to support its growing Rochester office.
“We’re fortunate Harrison chose to work at MRB Group,” said Colvin, who says Schutzer’s new role will provide a beneficial resource for the firm’s many client-communities, currently [...]

SENECA FALLS – ITT Goulds Pumps LLC., an ITT Inc. company (NYSE:ITT) and the United Steelworkers International and Local 3298 have entered into a new five-year agreement effective July 29, 2017, at 12:01 A.M. The terms have been ratified by the bargaining unit at a vote conducted Saturday (July 29, 2017) morning.
The contract provides [...]

NYCC Named “2017 Great College to Work For” for Ninth Consecutive Year! Eight Years on Honor Roll!
According to a new survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Chiropractic College (NYCC) is yet again one of the best colleges in the nation to work for.
The results, released today in The Chronicle’s annual report on The Academic Wo [...]

By Robert Harding robert.harding@lee.net
Del Lago Resort & Casino’s 205-room hotel is opening earlier than anticipated.
Jeff Babinski, del Lago’s executive vice president and general manager, announced that the hotel will open Saturday, July 1 — two weeks before it was initially scheduled to open for guests.
“We [...]

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ontario County economic development specialist Marie Anselm (second from left) helped lead high school students through a tour of the Finger Lakes Community College Viticulture Center in Geneva, New York as part of the 2017 Building the Agricultural Intellect of the Finger Lakes Youth Career Day. (Photo Credit [...]

–del Lago Looks to Add 250 Additional Jobs in Waterloo–
Tyre— On Wednesday, del Lago Resort & Casino will host a job fair for hotel and spa positions. del Lago Resort & Casino has announced that the hotel is now accepting reservations for July 14, 2017 and beyond. The casino is looking to fill an additional 250 jobs fo [...]

Photo Courtesy: Barbara Bennett, New York State School Boards Association
In an exclusive interview, SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher tells Timothy Kremer, executive director of the New York State School Boards Association (NYSSBA), that school districts may need to hire 180,000 new teachers in the next ten years.
In her conversation wit [...]

Finger Lakes Health will be hosting open interviews for Long Term Care Nurses (LPN/RN’s), Certified Nurse Aides and the Nurse Aid Training Program.
Interviews will be held on Thursday, March 23 from 2-4 p.m. in the Human Resources office at 45 Seneca Street, Geneva. No appointment is necessary.
Applicants are encouraged t [...]

300-400 Mental Health Therapy Aide Job Openings Expected; Applicants Only Have Until March 29, 2017 to Register for Upcoming Civil Service Exam
ALBANY – The Office of Mental Health (OMH) plans to hire several hundred Mental Health Therapy Aides (MHTAs) over the next two years at locations throughout NYS. Eligible candidates must registe [...]

Kelly Mittiga
The Lyons National Bank (LNB) appointed three new members to its Executive Management staff on January 1, 2017.
Kelly J. Mittiga joined LNB in January as Executive Vice President, Director of Performance Improvement. In this newly created role, Mittiga will oversee operations and electronic data management departmen [...]

The Department of Civil Service announced the upcoming Professional Career Opportunities (PCO) exam, a State exam that provides individuals with access to a wide array of job opportunities in New York State government. The PCO exam, scheduled to be held this year on April 8, 9, and 15, is one exam that is used by State agencies to fill [...]

Finger Lakes Health will be hosting open interviews for Long Term Care Nurses (LPN/RN’s), Certified Nurse Aides and the Nurse Aid Training Program.
Interviews will be held on Thursday, February 16 from 2-4 p.m. in the Human Resources office at Huntington Living Center, located at 369 East Main Street in Waterloo. No appoin [...]

Zachery Ramirez
by Doris Wolf
A Casino is a place of hopes and dreams. And as a lineup of dignitaries cut the ribbon officially opening del Lago Resort and Casino Wednesday, those hopes and dreams began to become real for the 1500 employees who work there.
When del Lago was proposed for Seneca County, the unemployment rate was about 7 [...]

The crowd completely filled the National Women’s Rights Historical Park.
The Women’s Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls announced today that the hiring freeze instituted by the Trump Administration has prompted to cancellation of all tours “until circumstances change.”
The announcement was accompanied by a [...]

CNY ATD recognized eleven Central New York organizations as “Champions of Learning” for showing commitment to workforce development by recognizing and celebrating Employee Learning during 2016.
To increase awareness about the strategic value of learning in organizations, the Association for Talent Development (ATD), the world’s [...]

The new plant is a joint effort conducted by Craig’s Station Creamery, the Dairy Farmers of America and Denmark-based Arla Foods. (Morgaine, Flickr/Creative Commons)
YORK, N.Y. (AP) — The state has pledged $2.5 million in tax credits and grants for a new cheese manufacturing plant scheduled to open in western New York in about a year.
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Adult Precision Machining Training at TST BOCES Jumpstarts Student’s Career
The first-ever Precision Machining class offered through the TST BOCES Adult Education department was a success, earning one student a job.
With 11 hours left to complete in the training, Tony Greenly was offered a position with Advanced Design Consulting (ADC) in Lan [...]

TYRE— Del Lago Resort & Casino continues to make good on its promise of 1,800 new jobs as the casino is set to open in February 2017.
Monday, Nov. 14 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. del Lago Resort & Casino will host a Veteran’s Recruitment Event at Finger Lakes Works Geneva, 70 Elizabeth Blackwell St., Geneva.
The job fair will give interested c [...]

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — SWBR Architects is pleased to welcome four new team members to the firm: including architectural designer Nicholas Durnin Jr., of Waterloo.
As architectural designer, Durnin is responsible for designing and producing accurate drawings based on project and client needs. He joins the SWBR team from Wolfe Architecture, where h [...]

TYRE — Del Lago Resort & Casino has announced its first wave of job opportunities for table games and poker dealers only. The resort and casino will be looking for 480 trainees for the del Lago dealer school. In addition to table games, del Lago Resort & Casino will also feature 2,000 slot machines.
Once open, del Lago Resort & [...]